Posted by RealMe on October 7, 2007, at 13:05:50
In reply to My friend who is a T, posted by happyflower on October 7, 2007, at 11:00:54
This is exactly why as a psychologist I am not doing therapy right, just evaluations--in and out and gone. I still care about these people,though.
WhenI was doing therapy after the long treatment and then working at Menninger's, I was doing extremely well and not even depressed or on meds, and so I was a damn good therapist so I was told. Unfortunately, I had sealed away or put away stuff from my times of being abused, and so now it comes all flooding out. I would not do therapy now, but my therapist finds it "interesting" that I do evaluations on sex offenders, murderers, domestic violence folks, etc. and don't get triggered by them. Many thanks to my ability to compartmentalize. HaH. there is something for your silver lining. Problem is it is not an adapative coping mechanism obviously since I am not having to deal with stuff that I thought was not an issue for me anymore. I used to tell my T at Menninger's this, and he would just laugh as he knew better but did not push me. A wise psychologist at Menninger's used to say in our class on brief psychoanalytically informed psychotherapy that people can do a piece of the work they need to do, and if this is all they want, its okay. They may or will come back later, even years later, to do more work, and that is okay too. So, here I am getting long winded again. I need to get to work.
RealMe
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